Mine detail: Unnamed (near head of Hope Creek)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.41776, -146.50491

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Allanite, Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue: Rutile

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated rock:Mt. Prindle Pluton
Associated type:Granite

References

MRDSA012241
DEP10001494
Reference{Deposit:: Nelson, A.E., West, W.S., and Matsko, J.J., 1954, Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in eastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 348, 21 p.}{Deposit:: Holm, Bjarne, 1973, Bedrock geology and mineralization of the Mount Prindle area, Yukon-Tanana upland: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, M.Sc. thesis, 55 p.}{Deposit:: Foster, H.L., Laird J., Keith T.E.C., Cushing, G.W., and Menzie, W.D., 1983, Preliminary geologic map of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-170-A, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Menzie, W.D., Foster, H.L., Tripp, R.B., and Yeend, W.E., 1983, Mineral resource assessment of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-170-B, 61 p., 1 sheet, 1:250,000.}
ReporterA.S. Clements , J.R. Guidetti Schaefer, C.J. Freeman